Brothers chords by Mary Gauthier

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
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Verse 1:
               E
War ripped my baby from my breast
                 A
Now my name and rank cover my chest
              E
Twenty-three hours I flew and wept
              A
Twenty-three hours I never slept
          E
Wiped my face, changed my soaking bra
         A
Told my body not to feel at all
                  E
Tried to be like you, what must I do
              B               E
To prove that I'm a brother too?

Interlude:
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Verse 2:
            E
I thought RPGs were fireworks
            A
That's how green I was at first
                 E
Blood blistered feet, black and blue
          A
I slid inside my blood filled boots
               E
Seventy-pound pack plus you on my back
                         A
Spilled my blood on the road, man, I carried my load
                E
Kept you in my view, I'd die for you
                 B             E
Don't that make me a brother too?

Bridge:
             C#m
It's okay to cry, that's what you say
          A
But if I do I'm damned anyway
              E
I learned to cry without a sound
              B
'Cause I'm afraid you'll put me down

Verse 3:
N.C.           E
You broke my heart on Veterans Day
                 A
Don't you understand the words you say
               E
You raised a flag for the men you serve
                A
What about the women, what do we deserve?
                 E
I was just like you when the bullets flew
            A
I had your back, you had mine too
             E
Brothers in arms, your sisters covered you
                B                 E
Don't that make us your brother too?

Outro:
           E
Say it for me, say it for you
             B                   E
Your sisters are your brothers too

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